today our partnership in development, education, education, health, science, technology, improve the lives of our peoples, our close security cooperation helps keep your citizens and ours safe from terrorists. i'm especially grateful to his majesty who like his father, memorialized by the mosque i saw when i arrived, is a force for peace in word and in deed. you've invested deeply and personally in strengthening the ties between our countries, that's why you were the first arab leader i welcomed to the oval office when i became president. and i very much appreciate the work we've done together on a broad range of challenges. so i've come to jordan to build on what is already a very strong foundation and to deepen what is already extraordinary cooperation. as his majesty mentioned, tooed was a chance for me to hear from him about the necessary political reforms under way here. i want to commend the people of jordan about this year's parliamentary elections which represent a positive step toward a more transparent and credible and inclusive political process. i appreciated hearing his